Adventures in Science Fiction Art: Doomed Cities Part III (the attack of the metal missile casings, monks among ruins)

Make sure to check out Part I and Part II if you haven’t. Some of the doomed cities are stunning!

Of all the 50s pulp covers, Rod Turner’s series for Vargo Statten’s novels (John Russell Fearn) has become one of my favorites (above). Although they adhere to every possible cliché, the pure exuberance of delivery is addicting — the books themselves are supposed to be pure drivel.

Enjoy monks among ruins, spaceships hovering above the fragments of past cities, hordes emerging from the wrecked husks of our august metropolises, the attack of metal missile casings, and nature’s revenge…

Oart(Uncredited cover for the 1961 edition of A Canticle for Leibowitz (1959), Walter Miller, Jr.)

I’m always tempted to resort to Amazon, but it’s always much more fun to find it locally. We’ve got some really great places to find vintage sci-fi here in St. Louis – anything I’m looking for usually turns up if I wait long enough.

At least if ones buy used old paperbacks from Amazon ones often still supporting small bookstores…. But, my local (Bloomington, Indiana) has one used book store — I always find something but the turnover in the collection is rather lengthy.